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Sunday, August 3, 2014

Twin Peaks

"Twin Peaks" - NFS

9x12 acrylic on canvas board

This is the latest Home Portrait, an adorable brick cottage as I call it. It really has a sort of story book feel to it. From this artists standpoint, it looks like it would welcome any visitor through its doors with open arms. This house was a bit of a challenge - painting the bricks so they didn't dominate the painting. I left the roof tops devoid of details so it didn't over-busy the painting. I also removed the neighbors homes & properties and framed this home with the greens. Not that it was missing them, the entire front is their actual landscape. I thought long & hard of a name for this one, without simply calling it by it's address or house #. And every time I looked at this, I saw the 2 roof peaks - hence the name Twin Peaks (not to be confused with the television series from the past). One note: the blue on the foundation is not near that blue in the painting. It is a subtle blue-gray. However, my camera loves to over-enhance any blue it sees (the sky is much lighter also).This is the first of 3 commissions I am working on. The other 2 are not home portraits, but rather new renditions of existing paintings that have sold in the past.

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Creating (anything) has always been a part of my life. My paintings attempt to capture moments in time, where an emotion or feeling was felt. It's all about capturing the visual expression that is found in life. I find it is a truly wonderful way to live.